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Research helps dispel marijuana myths
Sober Talk ^ | Thursday, August 1, 2002 | By BECKY CLARK, MSW, CSW

Posted on 08/01/2002 5:16:08 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Edited on 05/07/2004 8:00:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: Scourge of God
I'm against legalization because:
I'll pay the medical bills (through taxes and insurance premiums) of those who are irresponsible

You pay the medical bills for welfare recepients, illegal immigrants and others already. No difference.
My family and I are in physical danger from inebriated fools
Your family has been and will continue to be in physical danger from fools inebriated on alcohol. No change.
Legalized pot will coarsen the culture
Our culture is coarsened by worse things than marijuna. Come out of your closet and pray.
It's just more temptation to those who are weak or uncertain about their values
Lots of thing are "temptations". Pamela Anderson in a bikini for example...
Some loathsome people will be made millionaires.
Loathsome people are already millionaires.

You're a riot!

602 posted on 08/02/2002 11:16:25 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Scourge of God
"H-bomb"??????

You consider describing you as 'provincial and inexperienced' is a rhetorical H-bomb????

Ribbon clerk, just as I first surmised.
603 posted on 08/02/2002 11:17:29 AM PDT by headsonpikes
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To: Scourge of God
I'm happy to pay for prison time; as I see it I either pay for prison for them, or pay for the societal havoc they wreck. If I have to pay for one or the other, I'll pay to lock them up.

You're happy to pay $XX,XXX per annum to keep locked up a person whose only crime was possessing marijuana? Boy, used car salesmen must grin from ear to ear whenever you walk on the lot.

604 posted on 08/02/2002 11:18:38 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: WyldKard
You must be a scholar and a gentleman (or lady) and I appreciate that. Perhaps this comes down to a culture issue. I want to live in a certain kind of world, and am willing to proselyte for that. You seem to have the same desire. Neither of us is evil, or wrong.

We just have differing visions.

Scourge

605 posted on 08/02/2002 11:19:11 AM PDT by Scourge of God
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To: vin-one
Reworded" or how about being so drunk that your family suffers from your "detached existence" or your job loss because of your inablility to be productive at work",

Re-worded still further, how about being so programmed with religion you slip under the control of a cult and you family suffers as you drink the poisoned Kool Aid or "transport" yourself onto the Hale Bopp comet?

606 posted on 08/02/2002 11:19:16 AM PDT by laredo44
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To: Scourge of God
Neither of us is evil, or wrong. We just have differing visions.

He doesn't want to throw people in the slammer for non-crimes. You do. Major difference.

607 posted on 08/02/2002 11:23:00 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: philman_36
I'm against legalization because: I'll pay the medical bills (through taxes and insurance premiums) of those who are irresponsible You pay the medical bills for welfare recepients, illegal immigrants and others already. No difference. My family and I are in physical danger from inebriated fools Your family has been and will continue to be in physical danger from fools inebriated on alcohol. No change. Legalized pot will coarsen the culture Our culture is coarsened by worse things than marijuna. Come out of your closet and pray. It's just more temptation to those who are weak or uncertain about their values Lots of thing are "temptations". Pamela Anderson in a bikini for example... Some loathsome people will be made millionaires. Loathsome people are already millionaires. You're a riot!

Well, just to help you out, part of being conservative is seeing the value and worth of things "as they are" and not wanting to jump at every change or ill-conceived idea that flies out of some fool's head. Thus, I believe that allowing this change would be bad, for the reason I listed.

Your response indicated you believe that thing wouldn't change. Is this the best you can do? Things won't change for the worse? That is no comfort, and offers no persuasion whatsoever.

I'm still on the ramparts, holding back the barbarians.

608 posted on 08/02/2002 11:25:42 AM PDT by Scourge of God
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To: Scourge of God
You must be a scholar and a gentleman (or lady) and I appreciate that. Perhaps this comes down to a culture issue. I want to live in a certain kind of world, and am willing to proselyte for that. You seem to have the same desire. Neither of us is evil, or wrong.

Gee, that's probably the nicest compliment I've ever been paid on this board, and I thank you. And yes...I'll admit, tempers and passions flare high on this topic from both sides (and I am guilty as charged of flying off the handle on many an occasion.)

I think a lot of the anti-WoD passion comes from anger, pure, hot anger at the corruption and excesses, the sheer chicanery and pure, unmitigated evil shown by people like Asa Hutchinson and John Waters. The abuse of "asset siezure laws" the innocent civilians killed in many a botched no-knock raid. I could go on about the evils of the Federal Government. And then to see some people on this very board SUPPORT those actions (not you, other people :)...it polarizes folks, to be sure.

We just have differing visions.

Well, if all I could get you to agree on is that the Federal WoD must end, that I would be happy to call that a mutual victory, and to call you an ally in that battle.
609 posted on 08/02/2002 11:26:12 AM PDT by WyldKard
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
He doesn't want to throw people in the slammer for non-crimes. You do. Major difference.

One man's "non-crime" is another man's felony. You'd do well to realize that not everyone sees things as clearly and as simply as you apparently do.

610 posted on 08/02/2002 11:27:52 AM PDT by Scourge of God
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To: robjna
do i think one is better off without it, yes i do.

Do you think one is better off without the choice or without the substance? In other words, is a person who can legally choose whether he or she will consume a substance better or worse off than someone who is without the substance because they haven't the choice?

611 posted on 08/02/2002 11:30:16 AM PDT by laredo44
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To: WyldKard
I think a lot of the anti-WoD passion comes from anger, pure, hot anger at the corruption and excesses, the sheer chicanery and pure, unmitigated evil shown by people like Asa Hutchinson and John Waters. The abuse of "asset siezure laws" the innocent civilians killed in many a botched no-knock raid. I could go on about the evils of the Federal Government. And then to see some people on this very board SUPPORT those actions (not you, other people :)...it polarizes folks, to be sure.

Regarding the abuse of asset seizure laws, I voted for a constitutional amendment here in Utah to repel such laws. I know there are problems with the WOD, there are just certain "cures" suggested that I'm not willing to support.

612 posted on 08/02/2002 11:30:40 AM PDT by Scourge of God
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To: Scourge of God
I'm still on the ramparts, holding back the barbarians.
You're the enemy inside the fortress awaiting the opportunity to lower the drawbridge for your cohorts during the confusion at apex of the conflict.
613 posted on 08/02/2002 11:31:58 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Scourge of God
One man's "non-crime" is another man's felony. You'd do well to realize that not everyone sees things as clearly and as simply as you apparently do.

On what basis is smoking or possessing marijuana criminal?

614 posted on 08/02/2002 11:34:43 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: philman_36
You're the enemy inside the fortress awaiting the opportunity to lower the drawbridge for your cohorts during the confusion at apex of the conflict.

Awww, you're just saying that...

615 posted on 08/02/2002 11:34:44 AM PDT by Scourge of God
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To: Scourge of God
Awww, you're just saying that...
Awww, you're just doing that...
616 posted on 08/02/2002 11:35:58 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Scourge of God
Or should I say...Awww, you're doing just that...
617 posted on 08/02/2002 11:36:49 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
On what basis is smoking or possessing marijuana criminal?

Well, I suppose on the basis that a legislature here and there has passed such a law.

One could also make the argument that God has given us physical bodies, and has decreed that they are temples. Therefore, following God's commandment would mean you don't smoke stuff.

There is also the moral argument that inebriating yourself makes you a menace to society.

Finally, there is the philosophical reasoning that if you have to escape reality, then you should change reality, not alter your perceptions.

618 posted on 08/02/2002 11:39:41 AM PDT by Scourge of God
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To: Scourge of God
I'll ignore the distorted ad-hominems.

You haven't covered anything. You're already paying for prison time, some of which is punishment for genuinly bad behavior. You have to show that societal havoc will increase dramatically if pot is legalized, and that it will be more costly than the drug war which, itself, is wreaking societal havoc in many ways. Show your stuff.

There's something else. Every human action alters reality. Otherwise, what would be the point? A night's sleep, a good meal, an unexpected smile, a small gift. All can profoundly alter a person's outlook. So it's not alteration of reality that bothers you but only a particular type; the drug experience in general and marijuana in particular. Yet your posts show you have very little understanding of it. Rather you're motivated by fear. Fear that drugs will unloose the demons and destroy your world. In that way you seem remarkably close to Anslinger.

619 posted on 08/02/2002 11:40:28 AM PDT by liberallarry
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To: laredo44
interesting question. I beleive everyone has the right to choice concerning their own body, as long they do not become a burden to me when looking for care from abuse or desease. Do i think some one is better off without having the choice of using marijuana, i think so, but it would present other choices which may not be any better. i don't think i answered your question
620 posted on 08/02/2002 11:40:31 AM PDT by robjna
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